Thirty years after Cairo: Conference on Population and Development: Major trends, progress made and challenges ahead

This report, Thirty years after Cairo: Major trends, progress made and challenges ahead, gives a broad overview of global demographic trends since the International Conference on Population and Development, held in Cairo in 1994, and those foreseeable over the next 30 years. These include the continued yet slowing growth of the global population, its progressive ageing, and the increasing urbanization and scale of international migration. 

The report highlights the similarities and gradual convergence of demographic trends across major groups of countries, as well as the diversity of demographic situations among certain countries and regions. The analysis explores key linkages between the Cairo Programme of Action and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its Sustainable Development Goals. The report highlights prominent regional population trends, taking into account the regional reviews of implementation of the Programme of Action that were held during the second half of 2023 and it will summarize best practices and policy priorities on population and development for the next three decades.